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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a similar issue as a teenager and my 16 yo struggles with it too. She has sleep apnea (only partially corrected) and will sleep through a blaring alarm. If a kid is otherwise responsible in general I’d try to not get too mad about this, as it’s mostly a physical issue.

Get rid of the 530 alarm. Frankly I’d get rid of the 6 too and get her up and out of bed into the shower at 620/630 right before you leave. The snooze cycle makes it harder to get up.

Do you have any older neighborhood teens who drive? Maybe you can get a few on the roster willing to pick her up for gas money and make her responsible for that cost. Ask in your neighborhood group. My daughter is a driver and takes her sister plus another friend so on rare days I have to leave early her sister makes sure she’s up. [/quote]

I think this poster has the right idea.  Give up on the 5:30 and 6 alarms; set one for 6:20 instead.  That alone may make it easier for her to get up because she will have had more uninterrrupted sleep.  I used to make my daughter be vertical" before I left her room -- and sometimes she'd still crawl back into bed anyway.

Other option is to totally leave it to her.  I found that when she knew I'm wasn't going to wake her, she managed to get out of bed and to school on time.  [/quote]

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